Songs that will get you pumped to travel

Before I left for my study abroad trip in Argentina, I created a playlist that I could listen to on the way there that would get me excited and pumped to travel, even though I was already dying to go.

I thought I would share with you my Spotify playlist so you can listen to these songs and get excited to travel. I am not including all my motivational Disney songs like “Go the Distance” or songs from Broadway musicals like “I Have a Dream” from Mamma Mia.

Also, just know my music tastes include a lot of folk music, but my playlist has some songs that I think everyone would like.

Even if you’re not traveling too far and are just going on a road trip, I hope this playlist will get you motivated and excited for your trip!

Thanks for checking out these songs. I hope you liked some of them. Do you have any other songs that are perfect for traveling? Let me know in the comments section! Also, if you want to check out my full playlist, you can find it here on Spotify. Thanks!

All Photos

The museum set up statues of famous inmates. This guy killed a woman because he thought she was a prostitute.

The museum gave short biographies of some of its most famous inmates. This guy, “Big-eared Short Man,” whose real name was Cayetano Santos Godino, was 16 years old when he was arrested. He killed a bunch of toddlers, lit things on fire and even tried to burn a baby’s eyelids off. He managed to avoid getting arrested for a while and then spent the rest of his life in prison.

At the prison, you can go into a section that hasn’t really been tampered with and you can see exactly what the prison looks like now. It was eerie and quiet inside this section, and you couldn’t help but wonder what life was like as a convict in this prison at the end of the world.

I found this really interesting. It depicts a little bit of what social life was like in this small town in the mid-1900s.

The museum also had a penguin art exhibit, for some reason. Ushuaia is known for its penguins.

Beginning of the trail

Right off the bat— incline

View so far

I got a little ahead of the group

I went on another trail for a second while the group was catching their breath and found a river

Oh look, there’s still a hill.

View of the river and the ocean below

Trail continuation

Do you see the little path through the middle of the brown mountain? That’s part of the trail.

Bridge to cross the stream

A photo before I start off on my own. Also before I feel like I’m going to die.

Off on my own.

Can’t see my friends anymore.

Getting higher

Where I came from.

View about halfway up

It’s getting steeper. Oh God. I’m dying.

Phew. Finished that part.

How much farther?

Taking a break to take a picture of this lovely rock.

I MADE IT.

Have to touch the ice, of course

YAY

Whoa

I did it!

For anyone who watches Parks and Recreation, I found Lil’ Sebastian!

Because the city Colonia has been colonized many times between Spain and Portugal, hence its name, this church has been renovated over and over again to portray either catholicism or protestantism. It’s a catholic church, but it looks protestant on the inside.

We went to a weird museum that had a room dedicated to all these bugs and insects from South America. It was the best part of the museum.

View from a lighthouse

This street was called the Street of Sighs, because it was once the way they would take people who were about to be executed down to the beach. The two types of people who were most often executed were traitors or unfaithful women.

This is where they ferment the wine

Ever wonder how your favorite bottle of wine tastes oaky? It ages in oak barrels for a couple years.

This is where the premium wine is aged.

Wine also needs to be aged in the bottles. There was a layer of dust on the bottles, which had been sitting there for more than a year.

Where we went to have our wine tasting

We had a chardonnay, pinot noir, malbec and a sauvignon franc.

Each red wine we tasted was a little darker than the last one. You could see the difference in the napkins.